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January 22, 1962

Lauryn Goldstein weeps upon her Former Fiance's grave. The Navy returned his body two days ago. For those days, the coroner was dressing his war torn, diseased body.

The uniformed Sailors lower his casket into the grave, and Lauryn pauses to wave goodbye one last time to her fiance.

One man coughs, the smoke made by his breath in the frigid air passes over into Lauryn's face. She ignored this for the most part, continuing in a fit of weeping.
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Nipahvirus: A History
  • Nipah virus causes severe illness characterized by inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) or respiratory diseases.
  • Nipah virus can be transmitted to humans from animals, and can also be transmitted directly from human-to-human.
Nipah virus can cause severe disease in domestic animals such as pigs.
There is no treatment or vaccine available for either people or animals.
Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are the natural host of Nipah virus
The 1962[1] Strain, commonly referred to as 'Nam Flu', is currently the most virulent strain of Nipahvirus as known at the moment.



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[1] Although Nipahvirus did not spring into the known world until recently, from what we know about other viruses like Ebola, It was probably around from 50-20 years before the first outbreak in 1999. I gave a good dose of handwavium, in saying it would arise during the Vietnam Conflict as a Novel Virus.
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